Voters at Precinct 8 inside the Anthony Administration building cast their ballots on Tuesday afternoon for the mid-term election. While voter turnout was high, a majority of the polling places reported short wait times to vote. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was abnormally long. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 4 located inside Sugarbush Apartments sign in to cast their ballots on Tuesday. A majority of polling places in north Muncie reported wait times no more than five minutes for most of the day. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 4 located inside Sugarbush Apartments sign in to cast their ballots on Tuesday. A majority of polling places in north Muncie reported wait times no more than five minutes for most of the day. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was abnormally long. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters for precinct 45 and 47 inside the Northside Church of the Nazarene cast their ballots on Tuesday. Polling stations all reported a very steady flow of voters, unusually high for a mid-term election. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 4 located inside Sugarbush Apartments cast their ballots on Tuesday. A majority of polling places in north Muncie reported wait times no more than five minutes for most of the day. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 39 inside the Farm Bureau Insurance Conference Room along Ind. 67 cast their ballots on Tuesday. Polling stations across the areal reported a very steady flow of voters, unusually high for a mid-term election. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 39 inside the Farm Bureau Insurance Conference Room along Ind. 67 sign in with poll workers before casting their ballots on Tuesday. Polling stations across the areal reported a very steady flow of voters, unusually high for a mid-term election. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was abnormally long. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 8 inside the Anthony Administration building cast their ballots on Tuesday afternoon for the mid-term election. While voter turnout was high across the area polling stations which included Ball State students had even larger turnouts. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 8 inside the Anthony Administration building cast their ballots on Tuesday afternoon for the mid-term election. While voter turnout was high across the area polling stations which included Ball State students had even larger turnouts. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at Precinct 8 inside the Anthony Administration building cast their ballots on Tuesday afternoon for the mid-term election. While voter turnout was high across the area polling stations which included Ball State students had even larger turnouts. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was above average in wait times. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was above average in wait times. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was above average in wait times. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was above average in wait times. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was above average in wait times. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Voters at the Delaware County Fairgrounds had long wait lines for ballot machines before they could cast their vote on Tuesday. While many places reported a busy election day the Fairgrounds for Precinct 27 was above average in wait times. Corey Ohlenkamp/Star Press

Rep. Melanie Wright, D-Yorktown, barely hung onto her seat in the conservative House District 35, and Sen. Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, also won re-election.

The newcomers replacing Eckerty and Beumer are Republicans Mike Gaskill, an Anderson insurance agent who will be the new state senator representing District 26, and Union City grain farmer J.D. Prescott, who has never held or run for public office before, who will take over as House District 33 representative.

Going into the election, Republicans held 41-9 and 70-30 super-majorities in the Senate and House, respectively.

Prescott told The Star Press his victory was "very humbling" and he was looking forward to "representing every single voter here in District 33 as best as I can."

He called the so-called blue wave "something that a lot of the mainstream media wanted to see and entice … " The Trump voters "are still there, the energy is still there," he added.

Prescott defeated Democrat Shon Byrum, mayor of Winchester.

Wright, meanwhile, survived by a margin of only 339 votes in the conservative 35th District. She resides in Yorktown, was born and raised in Madison County, and comes from a family of farmers — three things she said were instrumental in her holding onto the seat. Endorsed by the Farm Bureau, Wright defeated Ben Fisher, 32, a self-employed entrepreneur and town council member in Daleville.

Gaskill, a Madison County Council member, couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday night. He defeated Anderson Fire Chief Dave Cravens, a Democrat.

Cravens was endorsed by labor groups and teachers, while Gaskill won the support of the National Federation of Independent Business, Indiana Right to Life, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Indiana Manufacturers Association and Indiana Farm Bureau.

Lanane turned back a challenge from Republican and fellow attorney Zaki Ali. Lanane, having served 20 years in the Senate and risen to the rank of minority leader, won a sixth term.

Ali mostly ran a negative/attack campaign against Lanane, calling him a liberal "career politician" who "seems to care more about illegal immigrants than his own constituents;" "puts politics ahead of our students, parents, teachers and schools;" and "has been playing politics in the state Senate for over 20 long years."

Lanane, who is also the city attorney for Anderson, told The Star Press before the election it was the most negative campaign of his career. "It's too bad he hasn't spent more time truly telling the voters what his positions are on the issues instead of viciously attacking me," Lanane said of Ali.

After winning election, Lanane on Tuesday night had no further comment on the negative campaigning.

Lanane's Senate District 25 takes in Muncie and two thirds of Anderson.

"I'm very grateful … for the vote of confidence in my representation, and I look forward to going back to work on the issues I talked about in the campaign — public education, workforce development, protecting health care for people and passing hate crimes legislation," Lanane told The Star Press.